r/Firefighting • u/Sure_Nose5038 • 10d ago

General Discussion Is this just me being soft

I'm all for a good firehouse prank. Don't get me wrong. It's what makes this job great. But isn't it sort of a unwritten rule to not fuck with other people's turnouts. Couple guys on the shift before us decided it would be a great idea for them to fuck with us and saan wrap our lockers before we got there. Our gear is grouped by shifts. And of course before we even get settled in and our gear on the trucks we get a call. Then go to find our lockers saran wrapped. Dick move or not from them?

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u/Keptthatenergy 10d ago

I’m confused, if you didn’t have your gear out ready to swap onto the truck then the off coming shift should have their stuff on the truck and they should take the call. If your stuff isn’t even near the truck when your shift starts I feel like this is on you.

Messing with gear while youre in service is an obvious no no, but wrapping your locker, idk man, you should have known you didn’t have access to your gear way before the second your shift started.

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u/joeyp1126 10d ago

This is my question too. I don't really see a problem with the prank because you shouldn't have relieved them before having your gear at the truck. So in a scenario like this they really just screwed themselves with having to take the call. It's really on you and your officer for letting them leave before being ready.